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A Victoria agency that serves people with developmental disabilities is suing the B.C. government for allegedly mismanaging employee health and welfare benefits. Kardel Consulting Services Inc.

Duffy’s hate list seethes. It rages. It howls. It rains invective upon the fools with whom he is forced to share the planet.

A quest by former University of Victoria rower Adam Kreek, an Olympic gold medallist, and three others to row across the Atlantic ended Saturday when their 29-foot boat capsized.

Sweden’s Niklas Edin claimed the 2013 Ford World Men’s Curling Championship on Sunday, defeating Canada’s Brad Jacobs 8-6 in the final at Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre.

A team of rowers seeking to cross the Atlantic Ocean has reached dry land weeks ahead of schedule, after their boat capsized Saturday.

Do you know someone who goes above and beyond in dealing with the public? Tell me who it is, and he or she will be eligible for a draw for two tickets to Jerry Seinfeld’s May 4 show in Victoria.

The B.C. government will now pay for five female-to-male transgender patients per year to have surgery to construct male genitalia.

SUNDAY, APRIL 7 Ruddigore, presented by the Victoria Gilbert and Sullivan Society, 2 p.m. at McPherson Playhouse. Tickets at rmts.bc.ca or tel. 250-386-6121.

Sarah Thornton is planning to bring some hands-on experience back to her students, as one of two Canadian educators aboard a scientific ocean drilling vessel.

Comments made by Victoria deputy police chief John Ducker after a police misconduct public hearing last week were “outrageous,” says the adjudicator who presided over the hearing, ordered by the B.C. police complaint commissioner.